In the next few days, Xiao Chengjun was in the mansion, reading all the files of Liucao and three years to get a general idea of ​​the situation in Minzhou.

Lou Jing originally thought that the two of them could take a walk on the beach and grill fish, but in the end they could only face the dusty files, almost crying without tears.

"You go and have a rest. I'll go and accompany you after reading this." Xiao Chengjun glanced at the guy who couldn't sit still and chuckled. He was not allowed to go out to play, mainly to let him take care of his arms. Lou Jingguo

He will have to return to Jiangzhou in a few days. At that time, he will have to suppress the bandits and deal with the governor. It will be difficult to recover from his injuries.

"I'm not tired," Lou Jing touched her nose and sat next to the Prince of Fujian's palace, "Here, let me help you."

"How can you help?" Xiao Chengjun glanced at the splinted left arm.

Lou Jing took the pen in his hand and said, "Just read the book. If you have anything to remember, just read it out and I will write it." His left arm was broken, but his right hand was good, so it was easy to write a few words.

Xiao Chengjun thought for a while and then let him go, "Then you write, the time when the Japanese pirates invaded the border area, the seventh year of Chunde, May 28th, July 3rd... No, that's not what the Japanese pirates wrote."

"How to write that?" Lou Jing pushed the paper over and asked Xiao Chengjun to write these two words for him, "Aren't they the same?"

"You should write less horizontally." Xiao Chengjun returned the paper to him.

"As long as you can understand it..."

The two of them were noisy, and although it added a lot of workload, the completion speed was not slow at all, and the boring file became interesting.

"In December of the eighth year of Chunde, the magistrate of Taoxian County colluded with Japanese pirates and earned three thousand taels of silver and a singer."

"Is the singer from Persia?" Lou Jing curiously leaned over to take a look.

"It doesn't say anything on it, why does it have to be from Persia?" Xiao Chengjun turned to look at him.

"It can't be from Japan. I heard that people there have shaved their heads half-bald." Lou Jing said with a smile.

"..."

A few days later, news came from Beijing. At the same time, Lou Jing also received a secret letter from Zhao Xi, saying the same thing. The examination was over and Zhao Xi won the first prize.

"There is news from the capital that the ninth young master of the Zhao family won the Huiyuan title in the tribute examination. During the palace examination, the emperor discussed with him and was speechless. He immediately selected him as the number one scholar." Lu Zhao came in and reported to the capital.

information.

"I really got a pass of three yuan in the exam!" Lou Jing was also a little surprised. Since the founding of the Dayu Dynasty, no one has passed the exam of three yuan. Before, he thought it was Zhao Xi who was bragging. Who would have thought that this kid is really so good?

.

Jie Yuan, Hui Yuan, Number One Scholar, it is extremely difficult to get into any of them, let alone three in a row!

"This requires a big gift." Lou Jing said with a smile.

Xiao Chengjun nodded, "I can't give gifts to the Zhao family, so I'll give them together."

Lou Jing's money is now with Xiao Chengjun. Any gifts he wants to give will be left to the steward of Prince Min's Mansion. The steward is the original steward of Prince Min's Mansion in the middle of the capital. He is very clear about the size of the gift and prepares double copies as usual.

In the name of Lou Jing, he was sent to the capital across Jiangzhou.

The gift arrived in the capital half a month later. Zhao Duan looked at such a heavy gift thoughtfully.

"The prince Anguo and Ji Ming are really close, so this gift is worth double." The fifth master of the Zhao family said with a smile.

Zhao Duan stroked his beard and said, "This gift was originally given by two people."

The Fifth Master was stunned and frowned slightly, "Brother is saying..." As he said that, he gestured to the southeast.

Zhao Duan nodded and ordered his servants to put the things away.

"Hiss..." The fifth master took a breath of cold air, "Well, years ago, the prince entered into a salt business with our family, but for..."

"Stop talking," Zhao Duan raised his hand, interrupting his younger brother, "Since he is going to take a post at the Hanlin Academy in two days tomorrow, you take him to see Shangfeng tomorrow."

Three first-level Jinshi scholars can directly enter the Hanlin Academy without taking the Shujishi exam.

"The Zhao family now consists of a Hanlin, a minister, two external officials, and a prime minister." The third prince had been released from confinement. When he heard that Zhao Xi had won the first prize, he came to the palace to discuss with Concubine Chen.

"The extraordinary genius of the Zhao family is truly worthy of its reputation." Concubine Chen leaned on the imperial concubine's couch, lowering her eyes in deep thought.

I originally thought that Master Zhao Jiu's talent and fame were due to Zhao Duan's official position and everyone praised him, but I didn't expect that it was actually true, even worse than before.

"Fortunately, no daughter of the Zhao family married into the palace." Xiao Chengduo sighed. Compared with the increasingly prosperous Zhao family, the Chen family has indeed declined in the past two years. The two uncles have low official positions, and only one of the cousins ​​has

The second cousin won the imperial examination.

Concubine Chen couldn't help but be startled when she heard this, and a light suddenly flashed in her eyes, "The prosperity of the Zhao family may be our destiny."

"Us?" The third prince frowned. The Zhao family was the mortal enemy of the Chen family. How could their prosperity become his Xiao Chengduo's destiny?

Concubine Chen smiled and said nothing, and instead called the palace maid, "I'm going to deliver the news to Panlong Palace. I said that the medicinal wine I personally brewed has been opened. It's a good time to drink with the elixir. I want to ask the emperor if he can drink it tonight."

come over."

Xiao Chengduo didn't know what his mother and concubine meant, but he was used to his mother making the decision, so he didn't think about it anymore. He bowed and left. When he left the Luanyi Palace, he happened to see a chariot driving towards the queen's palace.

, it looked like a woman was sitting in it, so he asked the eunuch beside him, "Who is driving that car?"

"Back to Your Highness, yesterday the queen said she missed the young prince in Prince Jing's palace. It must have been the princess who brought the young prince into the palace." The little eunuch said very smartly.

Xiao Chengduo curled his lips, thinking that Xiao Chengjin, that sick man, would probably give birth to a son who would not live long, so he didn't care much and wandered out of the palace.

Lu Xin, the governor of Jiangzhou, has been having a very unhappy life recently. The three-day limit given by Lou Jing is coming soon. He sent people to the four southern counties to try to persuade Lou Jing to grant him more time. Who would have expected that the dignified General Zhennan would

When he was not in the camp, when asked where he was, the two captains didn't know anything. They only said that they had something important to do and couldn't tell him.

When the lobbyists came back, the seven-day deadline was approaching. The governor of Jiangzhou had no choice but to return General Wuwei and a thousand cavalry.

After a few days like this, there was no news. The governor of Jiangzhou couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the eldest son of the Lou family was just a blatherer. "I guess he didn't dare to report casually. He couldn't manage the soldiers himself. And

Do you want the emperor to support him?"

"Sir, I heard that he went to the south, probably to pay a visit to the Pingjiang Marquis in Lingnan. Should we..." The people around him took the opportunity to make an idea and put their hands across their necks in a "killing" gesture.

"No," Lu Xin immediately interrupted his subordinate, "It's enough to do this kind of thing once. If you do it again, it will be fine. If it doesn't work, it will definitely arouse Lou Jing's suspicion, and the Linjiang incident will not be covered either."

live."

Just when the governor of Jiangzhou and his subordinates breathed a sigh of relief, Lou Jing had already watched the succession ceremony of His Royal Highness the King of Fujian in Rongcheng and returned to Jiuchang.

"My subordinate Hua Xicheng has met General Zhennan." General Wuwei, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward and saluted.

Lou Jing looked at Huaxi City, who was advancing and retreating at a moderate pace. He was about thirty years old and had a calm expression. He was said to be a good general. He nodded slightly and said, "You have managed the military camps in the four southern counties well over the years."

This is true. Although the more than 10,000 people in this army are not elite soldiers, they still obey the rules and save Lou Jing a lot of trouble.

"I don't dare take it seriously. This is the responsibility of my subordinates." General Wuwei said humbly.

"Why, Lu Xin refuses to fight back?" Lou Jing stood up and looked at the infantrymen training under the stage. There were no more infantrymen than before he left.

"The governor of Jiangzhou only allowed his subordinates to take a thousand cavalry back to camp." Huaxi City said helplessly.

Lou Jing raised her eyebrows. Do you really think he is easy to bully? "Bring me a pen and paper."

Three days later, the governor of Jiangzhou received another letter from General Zhennan, which still contained only one sentence.

"Sir, there is no need to worry. The bandits in the four southern counties are causing rebellion and the troops are insufficient. The general has borrowed troops from the governor of Qingzhou. I believe he will be able to overcome the difficulties soon." It was written in the center of the white paper, still stamped with the bright red general's seal.

At the same time as this letter, there was also a letter from the governor of Qingzhou. The words were very polite and nice, meaning that troops would be sent for reinforcements soon.

Lu Xin was so angry that he trembled. The four southern counties were in the southeast of Jiangzhou. If they wanted to borrow troops, they would borrow troops from Yuezhou in the east. But Lou Jing actually borrowed troops from Qingzhou in the north!

Qingzhou is now in chaos, and refugees have been driven into Jiangzhou. However, he has never wanted to care about it. He just feels that the number of refugees is not large and will subside in a few days. Now that Lou Jing has gone to provoke the governor of Qingzhou, isn't Shen Lian's lackey an excuse?

On the pretext of sending troops, he openly sent a large number of refugees together with officers and soldiers? When Jiangzhou is in chaos, let alone the meritorious service of suppressing the bandits, he will not want to have such a shameless hat.

The soldiers were borrowed by Lou Jing, but it was him, the governor, who took the blame for the chaos in Jiangzhou. Moreover, if the emperor asked, he would also expose the matter of detaining the infantry of the four southern counties!

"Okay, okay, okay! Lou Zhuoyu, what a boy!" The governor of Jiangzhou clenched the letter paper in his hand into a ball.

Lou Jing stood on the high platform, looking at the 10,000 infantrymen slowly returning to camp, and slightly raised her lips.

"General, do you still want the Qingzhou governor's troops?" General Wu Wei couldn't help but chuckle.

"Yes, but we don't need it. I think the four northern counties are short of manpower right now, so I'll give it to Mr. Lu." Lou Jing waved his hand, saying that the refugees on the left and right couldn't cross the river and couldn't interfere with the affairs of the southern four counties, so he left them alone.

The governor of Jiangzhou, who knows how to fight, should resettle the refugees honestly.

Lin Dahu, who was standing aside, was confused when he heard this. He turned to Wang Zhi and asked, "What's going on?"

Wang Zhi was not sure, so he poked Zhang Rao, "Do you know?"

Zhang Raogao smiled deeply and said, "You don't understand even if I tell you."

"You don't know it yourself, do you?" Wang Zhi curled his lips and jumped off the high platform to train his troops.
Chapter completed!